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NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards (1996, updated)
CDOS & Career Readiness Grade 7 6-8 Lesson Plan

My Career Plan: Setting Goals and Mapping a Pathway

Duration: 50 minutes · NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards (1996, updated)

Alignment Record

Built from publicly available New York State standards. Standard codes cited from official NYSED sources.

CDOS 1
Career Development (Intermediate level): Students will demonstrate how personal interests, aptitudes, and abilities relate to broad career fields and develop a tentative career plan.
Source: NYS Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS), Standard 1, Intermediate — nysed.gov
CDOS 2
Integrated Learning: Students will apply academic knowledge and skills to career and life decision-making.
Source: NYS Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS), Standard 2, Intermediate — nysed.gov
Confidence: High Confidence Automated validation + founder oversight
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  • Lesson Plan for Grade 7 CDOS & Career Readiness
  • NYS framework label: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards (1996, updated)
  • Primary standard: CDOS 1

My Career Plan: Setting Goals and Mapping a Pathway

Grade 7 · CDOS & Career Readiness · NYS CDOS Standards 1 & 2 (Intermediate) · 50 Minutes

NYS-Aligned Standards

CDOS Standard 1 (Intermediate) — Relating interests/aptitudes to career fields and building a tentative career plan. CDOS Standard 2 — Applying academic skills to career and life decisions. NYS Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies

Learning Objectives — “I Can” Statements

  • I can connect my interests and strengths to a career field.
  • I can write a short-term and a long-term career-related goal.
  • I can identify the education or training a career pathway requires.

Essential Question

What steps can I start taking now to move toward a career that fits my interests and strengths?

Lesson Sequence

Hook / Warm-Up (8 min)

“Five years / ten years” quick-write: Where do you imagine yourself? What kind of work might you enjoy? No wrong answers.

Direct Instruction (12 min)

  1. Review interests, aptitudes, abilities and how they point toward career fields.
  2. Introduce a simple career pathway: interest → field → required education/training → entry job → growth.
  3. Model writing a SMART-style short-term goal (this year) and a long-term goal (after high school).

Guided Practice (18 min)

Students complete a Career Plan Map:

  • A career field that interests me
  • Why it fits my strengths
  • Education/training it requires
  • One short-term goal (this year)
  • One long-term goal

Teacher conferences with students as they work.

Share & Feedback (8 min)

Partners exchange plans and ask one clarifying question each.

Closure (4 min)

Exit ticket: “One action I can take this month toward my goal is ___.”

SDI & Differentiation Block

Supports for MLLs/ELLs

Transitioning/Expanding (NYSESLAT Levels 3–4):

  • Provide the Career Plan Map as a sentence-frame template
  • Vocabulary: interest, aptitude, pathway, training, goal

Expanding/Commanding (NYSESLAT Levels 5–6):

  • Extension: research one real program/credential for the chosen pathway
  • Encourage precise career vocabulary

Supports for Students with IEPs

SDI Adaptation Dimensions: content, methodology, delivery

  • Content: Focus on one career field and one short-term goal
  • Methodology: Teacher-guided completion; provide a model map; connect to transition planning where an IEP includes it
  • Delivery: Read aloud; allow scribed/verbal responses; extended time

Note: For students with IEP transition plans, this resource can support (not replace) the documented transition goals required for students age 15+ under NYS regulations.

Suggested Placement: ICT, Resource Room

Model Response (excerpt)

“Career field: health care. Why it fits: I like helping people and I’m good at science. Training: a nursing program after high school. Short-term goal: earn a B or higher in science this year. Long-term goal: become a registered nurse.”

Alignment Record

FieldValue
Standard CodesCDOS 1 (Intermediate); CDOS 2
FrameworkNYS CDOS Learning Standards
Sourcenysed.gov — NYS CDOS Learning Standards
ConfidenceHigh Confidence
Validation NotesCDOS Standard 1 intermediate-level expectations include developing a tentative career plan relating interests/aptitudes to career fields; Standard 2 addresses applying academics to career decisions. Content aligns with NYS career-readiness and transition guidance for middle grades.
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Resource ID: SC-064 · StandardCraft NYS Resource Library v1.0
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